Dramatic cantata In six scene* Words by HARRY ARBUTHNOT ACWORTH
Music by Elgar
(first broadcast performance)
A concert drama based on the final struggle, in about AD 50, between the indomitable leader of the Britons and the invading Roman army of the Emperor Claudius.
LONDON CHORAL SOCIETY conductor LEON LOVETT
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader ERICH GRUENBERG conducted by BRYAN FAIRFAX
9.10* Caractacus: the First British Hero
Anne Ross , who lectures In Celtic Studies at Southampton University, looks at the character of Caractacus against the background of his dramatic struggles with the Romans. He resisted the Emperor Claudius' invasion of Britain in AD 43. but nine years later, betrayed by Cartimandua. Queen of the Brigantes of Yorkshire, he was taken to Rome in captivity.
9.30* Caractacas Part 2